11-26-07

Today seemed to go by so fast. I passed off two PE's; the sealant and the air-powder polish. I think that I did okay on those. I need to be faster at doing the sealants and not put too much on. We also went over emergency information. I hope that I don't have an emergency. I think it would be very stressful.

Mock patient

Today was our trial day to work on a patient. I felt okay, but I still am a little nervous about steps and we were rushed today. Tomorrow is Thanksgiving and today they wanted to leave by 3:00, it's almost 4:00. Well, hopefully I will do okay when Brent comes in on Wed.

11/14

Today we practiced PSR screening. I thought it went very well today. Probing has become easier than I thought it was going to be today. I passed off two PE's; the fluoride and the instrument sharpening. I thought those weren't too bad to get. Today went smooth. I felt better than on Monday.

Sealants

Today seemed very busy. It took me a little while to get into the ease of doing thungs. I put five sealants on Kristen today. It took me a little longer than I thought it would. I did get everything that I needed to done. I passed off my polishing P.E. I did okay on that. It was an okay day.

air powder polishing

I have decided that air powder polishing isn't so much fun. It actually stings and it is not comfortable at all. It also gets all over everything. It is not my favorite; I think I would rather use the prophy cup and prophy paste to polish. It wasn't too difficult though so it was alright. I got to pass off my universal intruments and my eaglesoft walkout PE. I thought the universal instrument PE was more difficult for me. I need to work on getting in the proximal areas and making sure my working stroke has enough pressure. Today started a little slow, we had to wait for the air powder tips to get out of the sterilizer. I thought that after the first part of class I was productive though. Hopefully next time we can start and have everything ready.

November 5

Today we worked on sharpening instruments. I think that sharpening is a little different and I hope that I can get the hang of it. It was nice to have the half paper to help with the angle of the sharpening stone. I also passed off my intraoral camera PE. I did well on this PE. Then we learned about the ultrasonic scaler. I was excited to be able to learn this.